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Changes in seroprevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen and epidemiologic characteristics in the Republic of Korea, 1998-2013: Hyerin Lee, Hyungmin Lee, Yumi Cho, Kyungwon Oh, Moran Ki; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015055. Published online December 23, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015055
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Epidemiological investigation of the 119th confirmed Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus case with an indefinite mode of transmission during the Pyeongtaek outbreak in Korea: Jong Hyuk Choi, Byoungin Yoo, Soon Young Lee, Eun Gyu Lee, Moran Ki, Woncheol Lee, Jong Rak Jung, Kyujin Chang; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015054. Published online December 10, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015054
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A new strategy for tuberculosis control in North Korea: Young-jeon Shin, Moran Ki, Nackmoon Sung; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015053. Published online November 22, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015053
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Human papillomavirus infection and risk of lung cancer in never-smokers and women: an ‘adaptive’ meta-analysis: Jong-Myon Bae, Eun Hee Kim; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015052. Published online November 17, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015052
Cited By 9

Lessons learned from new emerging infectious disease, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus outbreak in Korea: Joung Soon Kim; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015051. Published online November 17, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015051
Cited By 6

Tularemia and plague survey in rodents in an earthquake zone in southeastern Iran: Behzad Pourhossein, Saber Esmaeili, Miklós Gyuranecz, Ehsan Mostafavi; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015050. Published online November 17, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015050
Cited By 15

The first case of the 2015 Korean Middle East Respiratory Syndrome outbreak: Yong-Shik Park, Changhwan Lee, Kyung Min Kim, Seung Woo Kim, Keon-Joo Lee, Jungmo Ahn, Moran Ki; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015049. Published online November 14, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015049
Cited By 26

Epidemiological evaluation quality of life in patients suffering from early rheumatoid arthritis: a pragmatic, prospective, randomized, blind allocation controlled of a modular program group intervention: Hadi Yousefi, Arvind Chopra, Rez Farrokhseresht, Sanjeev Sarmukaddam, Fariba Asadi Noghabi, Nilima Bedekar, Abdolhosain Madani; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015048. Published online November 5, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015048
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Modifiable risk factors of lung cancer in “never-smoker” women: Jong-Myon Bae; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015047. Published online October 29, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015047
Cited By 5

Community mental health status six months after the Sewol ferry disaster in Ansan, Korea: Hee Jung Yang, Hae Kwan Cheong, Bo Youl Choi, Min-Ho Shin, Hyeon Woo Yim, Dong-Hyun Kim, Gawon Kim, Soon Young Lee; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015046. Published online October 23, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015046
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Test-retest reliability of health behavior items in the Community Health Survey in South Korea: Soo Jeong Kim, Jin A Han, Young Hwa Kim, Bo Youl Choi, Su Young Kim, Hun Je Lee, In Hwan Oh, Sung-il Cho, Jakyoung Lee, Soon Young Lee; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015045. Published online October 20, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015045
Cited By 6

Risk factors for amputation in patients with diabetic foot ulcer in southwest Iran: a matched case-control study: Mohammad Kogani, Mohammad Ali Mansournia, Amin Doosti-Irani, Kourosh Holakouie-Naieni; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015044. Published online October 5, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015044
Cited By 10

Do the tuberculin skin test and the QuantiFERON-TB Gold in-tube test agree in detecting latent tuberculosis among high-risk contacts? A systematic review and meta-analysis: Erfan Ayubi, Amin Doosti-Irani, Ehsan Mostafavi; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015043. Published online October 3, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015043
Cited By 8

Trends in health-related behaviors of Korean adults: study based on data from the 2008 - 2014 Community Health Surveys: Yang Wha Kang, Yun Sil Ko, Keon Yeop Kim, Changhyun Sung, Dong Han Lee, Eunkyeong Jeong; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015042. Published online September 29, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015042
Cited By 9

Epidemiologic features of the first MERS outbreak in Korea: focus on Pyeongtaek St. Mary’s Hospital: Kyung Min Kim, Moran Ki, Sung-il Cho, Minki Sung, Jin Kwan Hong, Hae-Kwan Cheong, Jong-Hun Kim, Sang-Eun Lee, Changhwan Lee, Keon-Joo Lee, Yong-Shik Park, Seung Woo Kim, Bo Youl Choi; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015041. Published online September 17, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015041
Cited By 28

Strengthening epidemiologic investigation of infectious diseases in Korea: lessons from the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome outbreak: Changhwan Lee, Moran Ki; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015040. Published online September 16, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015040
Cited By 11

Handwashing with soap and national handwashing projects in Korea: focus on the National Handwashing Survey, 2006-2014: Moo-Sik Lee, Su Jin Hong, Young-Taek Kim; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015039. Published online August 31, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015039
Cited By 11

Changing trends in colorectal cancer in the Republic of Korea: contrast with Japan: Minjoo Yoon, Nicholas Kim, Byungho Nam, Jungnam Joo, Moran Ki; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015038. Published online August 17, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015038
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“The Duty to Prevent” during an epidemic situation like 2015 Korean MERS outbreak: Jong-Myon Bae; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015037. Published online August 15, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015037
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MERS epidemiological investigation to detect potential mode of transmission in the 178th MERS confirmed case in Pyeongtaek, Korea: Kyujin Chang, Moran Ki, Eun Gyu Lee, Soon Young Lee, Byoungin Yoo, Jong Hyuk Choi; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015036. Published online August 15, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015036
Cited By 6

Surveillance operation for the 141st confirmed case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus in response to the patient’s prior travel to Jeju Island: Jong-Myon Bae; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015035. Published online August 7, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015035
Cited By 2

A lesson learned from the MERS epidemic in Korea: an essay on MERS: Kwang-Ho Meng; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015034. Published online July 30, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015034
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2015 MERS outbreak in Korea: hospital-to-hospital transmission: Moran Ki; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015033. Published online July 21, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015033
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Demographic characteristics and intravenous drug use among hepatitis C patients in the Kota Setar district, Kedah, Malaysia: Wei Leong Tan, Goh Yihui, Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015032. Published online July 10, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015032
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Analysis of survival data in thalassemia patients in Shiraz, Iran: Abdolreza Rajaeefard, Mahmoud Hajipour, Hamid Reza Tabatabaee, Jafar Hassanzadeh, Shahab Rezaeian, Zahra Moradi, Mehdi Sharafi, Mohsen Shafiee, Ali Semati, Sanaz Safaei, Maryam Soltani; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015031. Published online July 7, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015031
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What predicts the trust of online health information?: Jeong Hyun Kwon, Su-Yeon Kye, Eun Young Park, Kyung Hee Oh, Keeho Park; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015030. Published online June 28, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015030
Cited By 11

Longitudinal standards for growth velocity of infants from birth to 4 years born in West Azerbaijan Province of northwest Iran: Parvin Ghaemmaghami, Seyyed Mohammad Taghi Ayatollahi, Vahid Alinejad, Elham Haem; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015029. Published online June 23, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015029
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The necessity of an observational study on the interactions between allergic history and citrus fruit intake for the prevention of pancreatic cancer: Jong-Myon Bae; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015028. Published online June 16, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015028
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Joint Statement of the Ad-hoc Committee of the Korean Society for Preventive Medicine and the Korean Society of Epidemiology on Tobacco Lawsuits on the causal link between tobacco smoking and lung cancer: Ad-hoc Committee of the Korean Society for Preventive Medicine and the Korean Society of Epidemiology on Tobacco Lawsuits; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015027. Published online June 15, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015027

The causality between smoking and lung cancer among groups and individuals: addressing issues in tobacco litigation in South Korea: Young-Ho Khang; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015026. Published online May 31, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015026
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Epidemiological evidence in law: a comment on Supreme Court Decision 2011Da22092, South Korea: Alex Broadbent; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015025. Published online May 31, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015025
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Changing trends in the incidence (1999-2011) and mortality (1983-2013) of cervical cancer in the Republic of Korea: Yoon Park, Champadeng Vongdala, Jeongseon Kim, Moran Ki; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015024. Published online May 29, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015024
Cited By 12

Monitoring targets and indicators for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases in Korea: Soon Young Lee; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015023. Published online May 4, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015023

Admission route and use of invasive procedures during hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction: analysis of 2007-2011 National Health Insurance database: Hyungseon Yeom, Dae Ryong Kang, Seong Kyung Cho, Seung Won Lee, Dong-Ho Shin, Hyeon Chang Kim; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015022. Published online May 1, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015022
Cited By 5

Disadvantages of publishing biomedical research articles in English for non-native speakers of English: Mohsen Rezaeian; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015021. Published online May 1, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015021
Cited By 9

Antimicrobial properties of nanomolecules: potential candidates as antibiotics in the era of multi-drug resistance: Venkataramana Kandi, Sabitha Kandi; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015020. Published online April 17, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015020
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The influence of regional deprivation index on personal happiness using multilevel analysis: Kil Hun Kim, Jin-Ho Chun, Hae Sook Sohn; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015019. Published online April 16, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015019

Development and application of patient decision aids: Jong-Myon Bae; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015018. Published online April 8, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015018
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Intestinal obstruction: predictor of poor prognosis in colorectal carcinoma?: Mohd Azri Mohd Suan, Wei Leong Tan, Shahrul Aiman Soelar, Ibtisam Ismail, Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015017. Published online March 30, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015017
Cited By 11

Trends of liver cancer and its major risk factors in Korea: Eun-Young Lee, Tran Thi Xuan Mai, Yoonjung Chang, Moran Ki; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015016. Published online March 11, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015016
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Epidemiological evidences on overdiagnosis of prostate and kidney cancers in Korean: Jong-Myon Bae; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015015. Published online March 7, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015015
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Value-based medicine: concepts and application: Jong-Myon Bae; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015014. Published online March 4, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015014
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Calculation of smoking rates by dong/eup/myeon unit using small-area estimation in the Community Health Survey: Kay O Lee, Jong Seok Byun, Yang Wha Kang, Yun Sil Ko, Hyo Jin Kim; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015013. Published online March 2, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015013

An epidemiological comparative study on diagnosis of rodent leptospirosis in Mazandaran Province, northern Iran: Behzad Esfandiari, Mohammad Reza Pourshafie, Mohammad Mehdi Gouya, Pejvak Khaki, Ehsan Mostafavi, Jamshid Darvish, Soheila Moradi Bidhendi, Hamed Hanifi, Hossein Nahrevanian; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015012. Published online February 23, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015012
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Tularemia, a re-emerging infectious disease in Iran and neighboring countrie: Afsaneh Zargar, Max Maurin, Ehsan Mostafavi; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015011. Published online February 22, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015011
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of low density lipoprotein cholesterol-lowering therapy in hypertensive patients with type 2 diabetes in Korea: single-pill regimen (amlodipine/atorvastatin) versus double-pill regimen (amlodipine+atorvastatin): Ji-Hyun Park, Yong-Ho Lee, Su-Kyoung Ko, Bong-Soo Cha; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015010. Published online February 22, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015010
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Oral symptoms significantly higher among long-term khat (Catha edulis) users in Ethiopia: Ayalew Astatkie, Meaza Demissie, Yemane Berhane, Alemayehu Worku; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015009. Published online February 19, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015009
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Effect of co-morbidities on disease course in human immunodeficiency virus-infected illicit drug users in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy: Venkataramana Kandi; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015008. Published online February 18, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015008
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Predictors of human immunodeficiency virus and tuberculosis co-infection: Venkataramana Kandi; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015007. Published online February 16, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015007

Stomach cancer incidence rates among Americans, Asian Americans and Native Asians from 1988 to 2011: Yeerae Kim, Jinju Park, Byung-Ho Nam, Moran Ki; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015006. Published online February 16, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015006
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Human papillomavirus 16 infection as a potential risk factor for prostate cancer: an adaptive meta-analysis: Jong-Myon Bae; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015005. Published online February 11, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015005
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Overdiagnosis: epidemiologic concepts and estimation: Jong-Myon Bae; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015004. Published online February 10, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015004
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Modeling and forecasting of the under-five mortality rate in Kermanshah province in Iran: a time series analysis: Mehran Rostami, Abdollah Jalilian, Behrooz Hamzeh, Zahra Laghaei; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015003. Published online January 22, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015003
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Major infectious diseases affecting the Afghan immigrant population of Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis: Behzad Pourhossein, Amin Doosti Irani, Ehsan Mostafavi; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015002. Published online January 7, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015002
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Effect change of obesity on diabetes depending on measurement: self-reported body mass index from 2012 Community Health Survey vs. directly measured from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey: Kyuhyun Yoon, Kyungduk Min, Heeran Chun, Soong-Nang Jang, Sung-il Cho; Epidemiol Health. 2015;37:e2015001. Published online January 6, 2015; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015001
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